IELTS Exam 22nd Mar. 2015 (Tokyo)

IELTS Exam Day 2. Speaking (at Ichigaya TKP building)

Part 1

• Are you a student or do you work?
• What’s like your job?
• Do you think doing your job is difficult or easy?
• Do you think your job’s value will change in the future?（その仕事は将来性ありますか？と聞かれたように思う。。。。）
• How long do you sleep?
• Do you think reading a book in bed is good for you?
• Do you have a nap?
• Do you think a nap after lunch is good for you?

Part2

Describe a good news which you've heard recently.

• When did you know
• What was about
• Where did you know

And describe what you felt about this news.

Part3

Questions related to news and media

• What kind of news is the most popular in your country?
• What kind of people watch news the most in your country?
• Is there any important roles for teachers to teach about news at school? （子供がニュースを聞くようにすることに関して学校ではなにかできることはありますか？的な質問だった気がします…）

Overall, after I just went through by simple answer in part 2, so following questions were harder than the speech. If I had some knowledge about media, I used it and connect with the ideas of education. Tis hard!

IELTS Exam 21st Mar. 2015(Tokyo)

IELTS Exam Day 1. I share the topics which I remember from the exam.

listening

section 1: Job applying through telephone

1. address (道の名前)
2. telephone (mobile) [077-xxxxxxxx]
3. work place [account] department
4. swimming [team] coaching ?
5. good at deal with [difficult] people
6. clear [vision]
7. happy to work on [Sunday] morning
8. --
9. --
10. saw the advertisement in newspaper

section 2: a Gallery Tour

• When it opened?
• What types collection they focused on (textile? oil painting?)
• Most refurbished money from [funding? local government? lottery organization]
• Ticket must be buy in a [certain period]
• Indicating the room number on the map

then, as you listen, write the correct number of the room from the map.

• exhibition room
• --?
• shop
• cafe
• --?

section 3: Prepare for Presentation

2 students talking about next presentation they'll give in medication science course

• the man is anxious because his [the last result was not good]
• the woman [isn't unconscious? (don't care)]
• ?
• man talking about the experience of [massage cured headache.]

• they talked what the do next : preparation? decide what they pickup

• ? (2 choices)

• the story they give (2choices)
• ?

section 4: a Lecture about an architectural design trial in a desert.

(fill the gaps question and select from the lists question)

• energy monitored by a display
• water supply [ ]
• electric car with a [ ]
• have a [park] in(at) the centre of the city
• ?
• ?
• ?

reading

passage 1: History about the fishery of the New Land

• T/F/NG question
• summarize from words from the passage.
• select from options

passage 2: CSR Company Social Relation

• title heading question
• select from options
• who did that (select the name from the box)

passage 3: Psychology science how people perceive themselves

• Y/N/NG question
• summarising?
• (select from options)

writing

task 1: Describe the development of the University campus.

The maps show the change of the University campus from 18xx-2002.

task 2: Discuss both sides

Some people believe that support of famous people to the international aid organization helps to draw attention to the important problem. Some people believe that their support can makes less important (of) the problem.

Discuss both of the argument and give your opinion.

Fun Dictation : Martin Freeman's Life advice to actual made up people

Listen & dictation sometimes is good for your practice. It's hard. But this video isn’t. It’s just fun!

Martin Freeman's Tips on How to Not Get Emasculated - GQ Celebrity Life Advice - YouTube

Martin Freeman's Tips on How to Not Get Emasculated - GQ Celebrity Life Advice

Welcome to Martin Freeman's Life advice with me, Martin Freeman. With me, Martin Freeman. Reading genuine questions from actual made up people.

Q1. This is the very American question.

"I'm starting dating a guy who really interesting in soccer."

Football. Said the rest of the f* ing world.

"and I'm trying to learn everything I can before the world cup. Where should I start? "

Don't call soccer, that's the... Just football. The rest of the planet on earth, calls it football. Start there.

Q2. This is funny (as he's reading next card)

"I hate every single one of my wife's friends. I worry she has bad taste in people. Is this reflect bad on me, since she chose me as a life mate? "

Its' only her mates. You're a real, special friend a hateful man!

Q3. This is another question from a real made up person.

"I have a friend always insists on paying for dinner. To the point of this is, kind of rediculous, is he trying to emasculate me or am I reading too much into it? "

He's not obviously taking your feeling into consideration. Otherwise would you(we?) feeling like this. He should ask you but more important, you should tell him. Maybe rather than asking an English actor.

Q4. "My wife tells me she doesn't believe in God, but some reasons, once our 3 years son too! I'm serious because I'm a theist. Is there any kind? Should I indulge her? "

Yes, you should indulge her. I think you should. But you should keep talking about it. I don't know, I don't know.

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What's happening now? Is is the mice again? F***ing modern art.

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That was life advice with me, Martin Freeman. Giving advince to the people in written in ..

(holding his radio mice in his right hand.) Thank you for watching. and ur, Fargo's soon, watch that and enjoy it. I think that was the reason I believe I was in the first place.

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かんたんな日本語要約（べんきょうちゅうだから正確性は保証できない。誤りはコメントいただければ幸いです）

マーティン・フリーマンの人生相談。この人生相談は、架空の人達からの質問にお答えします。

Q1 「サッカー好きの彼氏ができたんですが…」

いえいえ、フットボールです。世界のほかの場所ではそう言うんですよ。

「ワールドカップまでにできることはなんでもやるつもりですが、サッカーを覚えるためになにからはじめたらいいかしら。」

サッカーと呼ぶのはやめよう。フットボールと呼ぶことからです。他の国々では、そう呼んでいるんです。

Q2「私は妻の友人は、全員大嫌いです。彼女は友だちを選ぶ際の趣味が大変悪い。質問は、彼女が私をパートナーに選んだことで、私になにか悪い影響があるでしょうか？」

彼女の友だちですからね。問題ありません。あなたは、彼女にとっては「特別な友だち」ですし。まあ酷い人に違いないでしょうね。

Q3「僕のある友だちは、夕飯を食べにいくと、お金はいらないっていって、絶対おごろうとするんです。なにが問題かというと、ばかげているでしょうか、彼は僕のことを女性のように扱おうとしているんでしょうか？　それとも単なる考えすぎでしょうか」

いや、彼があなたのことを考えてないということは確かでしょう。でなければ、あなたがこんな気分になるでしょうか。まあ彼はあなたのいうことを聞くべきですよね、あるいはあなたはまず、彼にそのことを言うべきです、イギリス俳優に聞くよりもまえに。

Q4「私の妻は神を信じていないといいます。でも、どんな具合にか、うちの３歳になる息子もそうなんです。僕は困っています。なぜなら、一神論者だからです。彼女のことはほうっておくべきなのでしょうか？」

まあ、ほうっておくべきでしょうね。そのほうがいいでしょう。でも、折りをみて、このことは何回も話題にしつづけるべきだと思いますよ。うん、わからないけれどね。

IELTS Exam 11st Jan. 2015 (Tokyo)

IELTS Exam Day 2. Speaking section. (Ichigaya TKP building)

Part 1

• Describe your own flat or apartment.

• Which room do you like the best in your apartment?

• What’s like the place you lived as a child.

• Where do you recommend to visit the place if you have a visitor.

Part 2

Talk about the historical place where you interested in.

• Where (or What) is it
• How did you know it
• ( When did you visit?)

And describe why you were interested in it?

Additional Question

• Sometimes historical place collect money to enter, does it acceptable for you?

Part 3

• Do you think it's better to see films to learn history?
• Is it ok to you to change the historical fact for commercial matters on films?

things like that.

I noticed right now that history questions are on the web video of official IELTS japan! damn! I am really kicking myself not checking yet.

IELTS Exam 10th Jan. 2015 (Tokyo)

I took IELTS exam today for the first time . I share the information of what they gave us as questions. In ( ), I added some ideas or clues what I remember or I chose for the answer.

Listening

section 1: fruits picking job application for summer travel in Australia

• fill the table
  • 1-1 Name of the hostel she stay
  • 1-2 age
  • 1-3
  • 1-4 The Month she want to work
  • 1-5 Payment type? (pay by hours or by counts of picking)
  • 1-6 Kind of fruits want to pick
  • 1-7 previous injured or disease? (Backache)
  • 1-8 License she doesn't have?
  • 1-9 Having assurance?
  • 1-10 place preferred to work (near the coast?)

section 2: introducing the new evening course & the lecturers

• select from three options

  • 2-1 Which class was full at last term? (yoga was trap? dance?)
  • 2-2 Why the dance class is no available in this term(teacher is unable to come this time)
  • 2-3 Why the timing of the lessons are defferent from previous term.
  • 2-4 What the introducer recommend listeners to do to tonight?
  • 2-5 To whom should we ask about more detail.
  • 2-6 What kind of enrollment coutesy will be given ?(forgot)

• select one which describe true for the teacher from the box

  • 2-7 Teachers Name A (having taught in day course)
  • 2-8 Teachers Name B (novel writer? TV featured?)
  • 2-9 Teachers Name C (Italian, first time join the uni.)
  • 2-10 Teachers Name D (sell computers)

section 3: Selection the lessons they'll take.

• select from three options

  • 3-1 Why they should hurry up to select new lessen? (fill up quickly?)
  • 3-2 Whom to consult about contents of lessons? (senior students?)
  • 3-3 --forget--
  • 3-4 What did they agree with the repetation of art & design?
  • 3-5 --forget--
  • 3-6 --forget--
  • 3-7 What was the thing they couldn’t find out well by themselves?

• select the description which it true about the subject from the box

  • 3-8 statistics (the most difficult subject)
  • 3-9 --forget--
  • 3-10 --forget--

section 4: a lecture about migrant city.

there were three parts of the speech, 1. introduction, 2. benefits of the city migrant, 3. downsides of the city migrant. pollution

I don’t remember orders and the questions precisely, not to mention the right answers.

• fill the gap of the summery as you listen (31-40).

  • 4-1 loose [something?]
  • 4-2
  • 4-3
  • 4-4
  • 4-5 [transportation] is better than rural area.
  • 4-6
  • 4-7 methan gas from [rubish]
  • 4-8
  • 4-9 more [pollution]?
  • 4-10 [traffic] is stressful

Reading

I am not sure from passage 2 to3, too difficult to remember.

passage 1: Bondi beach

about the history of the Bondi coast in Australia.

questions are

• decide which is False/NG/True
• write appropriate the words from the passage to answer the question

passage 2: Economic effects on temperature of the countries

the essay about a book of economical study and related studies.

questions are

• select appropriate heading from the box??
• select the word from the box to fill the gap of the sentence.
• select one from 3 options which is ture for the questions.

passage 3:

Famous experiment in non verbal language communication and critic about the theory.

• select the word from the box to fill the gap of the sentence.
• decide which is Yes/NG/NO
• select one from 3 options which is ture for the questions.

Writing

task 1:

The Bar chart indelicate the percentage of using the internet every day by age group between 2003 to 2006.

task 2:

The leaders and directors are usually older people. some people say that we would better to have younger people as leaders. How extent do you agree with having younger leaders in organizations?

If someone who hit this entry know further ideas. please add some comments.

Autamn Class

I stopped writing this diary for a while because it depressed me to be not able to write any good. Ha, ha. Since I have finished my conversation lessons, I joined a new class this Autamn. Considered to join writing intensive class at first, but chose another class. It's for IELTS exam. It contains writing lesson although. I am struggling to write on Sundays for my homework.

There're things to impove our writing skills, the first thing is a planning. Because we don't have time to edit while Exam. It's a good practice to write logically, and effectively in short time. The second thing is linking. I need "clear progression throughout".

I'll take the exam at the bigging of next year, however I am not confident about getting good scores. Anyway, I've been studying hard these days.

Another new job

Amazingly, I've got a new job using English. Translating a book. I basically manage the project, and don't have to read all pages or proofread as an editor. It is an appropriate position for me as an English learner. It was coincidence, those things would happen when I find a new favorite activity. There is a saying that one's strong tendency draw his luck. I rather enjoy this project, although the translated writing was awful. Really awful... than me.